Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0791
America First Constitutional Standard — Version 1.0
Case Information
- Content Scored
- Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, 590 U.S. 448 (2020)
- Source
- Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 590 (Preliminary Print, Part 2)
- Author
- Justice Stephen Breyer (opinion of the Court; near-unanimous in judgment)
- Publication Date
- 2020-06-01
- Content Type
- Judicial Opinion / Legal-Normative Text
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-20
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
AF★CS
Verdict
75
/ 100
Mostly America First
Source: Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 590 (Preliminary Print, Part 2)
Constitutional Alignment: 73·Factual Reliability: 89
Holding
The Appointments Clause governs the selection of all Officers of the United States, including those acting in relation to Puerto Rico, but members of Puerto Rico's Financial Oversight and Management Board — whose powers and duties are primarily local in nature, deriving from Congress's Article IV territorial power — are not Officers of the United States, so the Appointments Clause does not dictate how they are selected and their appointment without Senate confirmation is valid.
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It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0791 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.
The Standard is the Standard.